Physical environment and hydrologic characteristics of coal-mining areas in Missouri
J. E. Vaill, James H. Barks
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-67
Hydrologic information for the north-central and western coal-mining regions of Missouri is needed to define the hydrologic system in these areas of major historic and planned coal development. This report describes the physical setting, climate, coal-mining practices, general hydrologic system, and the current (1980) hydrologie data base in these two...
Simulation of water-quality data at selected stream sites in the Missouri River Basin, Montana
J. R. Knapton, M.A. Jacobson
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-76
Modification of sampling programs at some water-quality stations in the Missouri River basin in Montana has eliminated the means by which solute loads have been directly obtained in past years. To compensate for this loss, water-quality and streamflow data were statistically analyzed and solute loads were simulated using computer techniques.Functional...
Cross sections of the Hudson River estuary from Troy to New York City, New York
D.A. Stedfast
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-24
Data on channel geometry of the Hudson River estuary at 125 cross sections between the Federal Dam at Troy and the norhtern limits of New York City (133 miles) are presented for use in hydraulic modeling, tidal studies, traveltime and water-quality studies, and other uses requiring knowledge of Hudson River...
Model evaluation of the hydrogeology of the Morris Bridge well field and vicinity in West-Central Florida
Paul D. Ryder, Dale M. Johnson, James M. Gerhart
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-29
The Morris Bridge well field in west-central Florida, which is being developed may have a maximum well-field withdrawal of 40 million gallons per day. The water will be pumped from the Floridan aquifer--a sequence of carbonate rocks about 1,100 feet thick underlying surficial sand and clay deposits. A highly fractured...
Development of a digital model of ground-water flow in deeply weathered crystalline rock, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Laurence J. McGreevy, Ronald A. Sloto
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-2
The model developed in this study simulates .recharge to, flow through, and discharge from the water-table aquifer in the upper Pickering Creek basin, a 5.98-square-mile basin representative of most of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The two-dimensional finite-difference model of Trescott, Pinder, and Larson was used with slight modification. The way ground-water...
Chemical quality of water from community systems in New York, November 1970 to May 1975
Robert H. Cartwright, James A. Ziarno
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-77
Chemical analyses of 2,802 water samples from 784 of approximately 1,500 community water systems in the State of New York are presented. The data were collected from November 1970 to May 1975 and were originally released in a series of four U.S. Geological Survey open-file reports during the mid-1970's. The...
Temperature and solute-transport simulation in streamflow using a Lagrangian reference frame
Harvey E. Jobson
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-2
A computer program for simulating one-dimensional, unsteady temperature and solute transport in a river has been developed and documented for general use. The solution approach to the convective-diffusion equation uses a moving reference frame (Lagrangian) which greatly simplifies the mathematics of the solution procedure and dramatically reduces errors caused by...
Water resources data for Louisiana, water year 1980: Volume 1. Central and northern Louisiana
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report LA-80-1
Water resources data for the 1980 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report, in three volumes, contains records for water discharge at...
Compilation of the data from the 1978 Hawaii seismic refraction experiment on the west flank of Mauna Loa
John J. Zucca, David P. Hill
1980, Open-File Report 80-451
In October 1978 (J.D. 286), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established a seismic refraction line perpendicular to the Kona coast of Hawaii (Fig. 1). The purpose of the experiment was to define the crustal structure of the Kona coast and its relationship to the tectonics of Mauna Loa volcano. This...
Selected hydrologic data from the vicinity of Rayburns and Vacherie salt domes, northern Louisiana salt-dome basin
G.N. Ryals, R. L. Hosman
1980, Open-File Report 80-217
The U.S. Department of Energy is considering salt domes in northern Louisiana as possible sites for storage of nuclear waste from commercial sources. As part of this National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) Program, the U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a regional study of the geohydrology of the northern Louisiana salt-dome...
Water resources data, Wyoming, water year 1978: Volume 1. Missouri River basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report WY-78-1
Water resources data for the 1978 water year for Wyoming consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of wells. Volume 1 of this report contains discharge records for 166 gaging stations;...
Lithologic log of drill cuttings for DOGAMI heat flow hole CR-SB, Mount Hood, Oregon
Keith E. Bargar
1980, Open-File Report 80-521
CR-SB is one of three shallow (-82.0 m) heat flow holes drilled in 1976 at Mount Hood, Oregon by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI). Drill hole CR-SB was located on the southern flank of the mountain near the Snow Bunny ski lodge at an elevation of...
Saudi Arabia seismic refraction profile data set, volumes 1 and 2
Ralph J. Lamson, Laurel Leone
1980, Open-File Report 79-1601
No abstract available....
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the mid-Atlantic and their onshore impacts: A summary report, November 1979: Update 1, June 30, 1980
Jeffrey L. Deis
1980, Open-File Report 80-17-X
The Master Water Data Index (MWDI) of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) is a computerized data base which contains information about water data collected at specific sites. The data base identifies the organization collecting the data, the site location, the major types of data collected, the...
Water-resources data collected in the Devils Hole area, Nye County, Nevada, 1977-1978
R.L. Carson
1980, Open-File Report 80-772
This report presents water data collected at Devils Hole and vicinity for July 1977 through June 1978 to observe the effects of irrigation pumping on the pool level in Devils Hole. The pool contains the endangered species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis. The report presents data on fluctuations in water level...
Supplemental data from the Ennis and other thermal-springs areas, Southwestern Montana, 1978-80
Robert B. Leonard, Wayne A. Wood
1980, Open-File Report 80-1182
Hydrogeologic data were collected principally during 1978-80 in eight hot-spring areas, in the Marysville geothermal test well, in the Butte Mine and in the Bitterroot and Missoula River valleys to provide a basis for evaluating the geothermal potential of the areas. Measurements are tabulated for subsurface temperatures, water levels, rates...
Water resources data for Louisiana, water year 1980: Volume 2. Southern Louisiana
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report LA-80-2
Water resources data for the 1980 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report, in three volumes, contains records for water discharge at...
Water resources data for Missouri, water year 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report MO-79-1
Water resources data for the 1979 water year for Missouri consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents of water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This volume contains, records for water discharge at 119 gaging stations;...
Single-channel high-resolution seismic data from the northern Gulf of Mexico Upper Continental Slope
Norman G. Bailey, L. E. Garrison
1980, Open-File Report 80-89
During the spring of 1976, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted detailed studies of 15 areas of possible instability on the upper Continental Slope in the northern Gulf of Mexico (fig. 1). Each study area was several square miles in area and included all or part of a possibly unstable...
Water resources data for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, water year 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report MA-RI-79-1
Water-resources data for the 1979 water year for Massachusetts and Rhode Island consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 102 gaging stations, month end contents for 30 lakes and reservoirs, water quality...
A summary report of the regional geology, environmental geology, OCS resource appraisal, petroleum potential, and operational considerations in the area of proposed lease sale 73, offshore California
David S. McCulloch
1980, Open-File Report 80-2007
This report reviews geological, geophysical and technological data pertinent to proposed Lease Sale 73. Under consideration is the entire continental margin of California that is bounded on the west by the 2500 meter isobath. This area encompasses the whole of the southern California Borderland, the continental shelves of central and...
Water resources data for Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1979: Volume 2. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report HI-79-2
Volume 2 of water resources data for the 1979 water year for other Pacific areas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage of a reservoir; and water levels in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 41 gaging stations; stage only record for...
A summary report of the regional geology, petroleum potential, environmental geology, and operational considerations in the area of proposed lease sale No. 68, offshore southern California
J. G. Vedder, J.K. Crouch, E. W. Scott, H. Gary Greene, D. Cranmer, M. Ibrahim, R.B. Tudor, G. Vinning
1980, Open-File Report 80-198
This report reviews geological, geophysical and technological data that are pertinent to proposed OCS Lease Sale 68. Under consideration are 26,000 mi2 (67,400 km2) of the California Continental Borderland north of the U.S.-Mexico boundary. The area includes both leased and unleased tracts and lies adjacent to the highly productive coastal...
Physical and chemical properties of San Francisco Bay waters, 1977
Richard E. Smith, Raynol E. Herndon
1980, Open-File Report 80-1191
Basic data on the physical and chemical properties of San Francisco Bay waters are presented here. Samples were collected over the period March-November 1977 at approximately monthly intervals at 36 stations. The stations were located along the axis of the Bay from Calaveras Point in South San Francisco Bay to...
Petroleum-resource appraisal and discovery rate forecasting in partially explored regions
Lawrence J. Drew, J.H. Schuenemeyer, David H. Root, E. D. Attanasi
1980, Professional Paper 1138-A-C
PART A: A model of the discovery process can be used to predict the size distribution of future petroleum discoveries in partially explored basins. The parameters of the model are estimated directly from the historical drilling record, rather than being determined by assumptions or analogies. The model is based on...
